The entire room was dark, with the only light source being the computer. But he didn't care.
The Winged Fortress was approaching the South Island village. Its shadow completely engulfed the village, leaving it in darkness. If you were down there yourself, you'd think it was night, although it was pretty much noon.
The Doctor was watching the inhabitants' reactions to the giant ship that just appeared above their village via the computer. He heard the automatic doors open behind him. He could not see which of his robots it was, but he could see those glowing red mechanical eyes. The machine spoke in a distorted voice:
"DOCTOR ROBOTNIK. YOU'RE ROBO-MATIC IS OPERATIONAL AND READY FOR USE."
The Doctor walked out of the dark room and told the robot:
"Get everyone else ready, Metal. We've got some work to do."
Robotnik, in his typical red shirt and black pants, headed to the launch pad, where his new Robo-Matic was waiting. It was a egg-shaped hovercraft with black and yellow hazard stripes on the sides, a black circular bottom, rocket engines on the rear for propulsion and a small circular lamp on the front. It was equipped with an endless supply of gadgets, ranging from a wrecking ball to even a crane.
Robotnik plopped himself in the cockpit of the hovercraft, stroked his ridiculously large mustache, put on his sunglasses and opened the hatch below. His vehicle powered up and floated down into the village. He turned on the vehicle's headlight, which shone down on the residents. All of them now had their attention to the mad scientist, and knowing they could not fight back, they just listened to what he had to say.
"Attention all residents! I, Doctor Ivo Robotnik, am here to announce that I own this village now, so I am asking you all to leave. And, if you resist..."
Doc didn't complete his speech, but he pressed a button on the control pad and the bottom opened up. A loud whirring sound was heard as the wrecking ball lowered down until it was just a few feet from the ground, hanging by a large chain.
The villagers did as they were told, not wanting to get smashed. However, one of Robotnik's seemingly humanoid soldiers came up to the Doctor's Robo-Matic carrying a young 12 year old rabbit as well as a bazooka. It told the Doctor:
"DOCTOR ROBOTNIK. WE FOUND SOMEONE ATTEMPTING TO USE THIS BAZOOKA ON YOU."
That someone was Bunnie Rabbot (pronounced RAH-BOH). She wore a blue southern dress along with a big blue hat. She had pink bows on each of her rabbit ears. She also had dark green eyes.
Robotnik stared directly at the young rabbit, as his robot dropped her to the ground and aimed the bazooka straight to her head. He then said:
"Well, well, well... Miss Bunnie Rabbot, is it? Attempting to thwart me again?"
Bunnie didn't say anything, but just glared at the Doctor with her teeth gritted.
"I guess family traditions never die! Anyway, once I clear out the village, I'm going to convert it into part of my empire, so I'm another step closer to conquering the planet! Then, after I do that, I'll use the planet to conquer all the other planets in the universe!"
After revealing his intentions, both he and Bunnie suddenly heard rapid clapping coming from atop one of the nearby houses. It was incredibly dark, so it was nearly impossible to see the person's features. Whoever it was, they shouted:
"Bravo! BRAVO! WOOO!"
The person, from his voice, seemed close to Bunnie's age and appeared to be male. The person's clapping slowly died down as he walked forward towards the edge of the roof. He said:
"Brilliant plan as always, Doc. Only one problem: you're too slow in pulling it off!"
The boy then leapt off the rooftop and landed in front of the house on his feet flawlessly. As he lifted his head up, the Robo-Matic's light turned and shone down on the boy, revealing all his features.
The boy was an eleven year old blue hedgehog with emerald green eyes and red sneakers with a white strap, cuffs and a gold buckle on each. He also wore a pair of white gloves with sock-like cuffs on his hands. He had peach skin on the arms, torso and muzzle. There were six pointy quills on the back of his head, two spines on his back, and also a short tail. He also had a wide smile on his face.
Robotnik growled and cried:
"NOT YOU AGAIN! YOU PESKY HEDGEHOG! ROBOTS, ATTACK!"
All of Robotnik's humanoid soldiers, including the one near Bunnie, shifted their attention to the hedgehog, aiming their arm cannons, with the one near Bunnie aiming the bazooka, directly at him. They all fired at once, but faster than the blink of an eye, the hedgehog sped through the enemy crossfire, grabbed Bunnie by her hips, and carried her away as the lasers and the rocket from the bazooka hit the dirt and exploded, with Bunnie shrieking all the way. The hedgehog dropped her off outside one of the houses on the other side of the street, and very quickly said:
"There ya go, m'lady!"
He then turned around and sped back towards the robots, still with their attention on him, leaving a blue trail behind him. He appeared behind one of them and leapt onto its head. He then stuck out his tongue and blew a raspberry at them. The robots fired at the hedgehog, but only hit the robot he was standing on, obliterating it.
The hedgehog, on the other hand, leapt into the air and curled into a somersault. He, in his curled up form, landed on each of the robots one by one, bouncing off them and leaving huge gashes on them. Electricity and smoke violently blew from the robots as they fell to the ground and broke into pieces. After landing on the last one, he landed on his feet behind it as it wobbled. He turned to face it, and softly poked it on the back of its neck, sending it toppling.
Robotnik, now furious, used his Robo-Matic to swing the huge wrecking ball at the hedgehog, only for him to dodge it, wall-jump off the nearest house, and land on the wrecking ball, with the force sending it swinging backwards, up, and landing right on top of the Doctor. His muffled screaming could be heard.
The hedgehog said:
"Game over, Ro-butt-nik!"
Robotnik was still trapped under the wrecking ball, which was weighing down the Robo-Matic. The hedgehog, after a few seconds pause, said:
"Doc? Did I actually crack the egg?"
Finally, the Doctor barely managed to lift the wrecking ball off of him. He shouted:
"YOU NUISANCE! THIS IS NOT OVER! I WILL STILL TAKE OVER SOUTH ISLAND AND YOU WILL NOT STOP ME! AND I AM NOT AN EGG!"
He pressed a button on the control pad and, in a bright flash, teleported away. The Winged Fortress above soon followed. All the light from the sun returned to the village.
The hedgehog shouted:
"Come back, chicken!"
He then ran off, again at supersonic speed. However, a few seconds later he came back and stopped in front of Bunnie. He asked her:
"Do you know where the Green Hill Zone is?"
Bunnie, after taking a deep breath, pointed to a passageway that led to the zone. The hedgehog gave her a thumbs-up and said:
"Thanks!"
However, before he sped off, Bunnie asked:
"Wait! Who... Who are you?"
He looked back at her and simply said:
"Name's Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog!"
He then sped off towards the Green Hill Zone.
Before Bunnie could even process everything that just happened, what felt like a robot hand suddenly covered her mouth and something metal hit her right on the head and knocked her out.